Built
Yamana Suketoyo
山名祐豊
1511–1580
Sengoku-period governor (shugo) of Tajima province. After Oda forces took his Konosumiyama Castle, he built Arikoyama Castle on the summit of Mt. Ariko around 1574.
Saigen JiroCC0Wikimedia CommonsA mountain castle in Toyooka, Hyogo. Records credit Yamana Suketoyo with building it in 1574.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Mountain castle (yamajiro)built on a mountain; expect a climbWikidata
- Period
- Early modern (1570s–1871)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- No keep recordedno keep is recordedWikipedia (ja)
- Built by
- Yamana SuketoyoWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1574Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Yamana clan, Koide clan, Maeno NagayasuWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1604Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Stone walls, Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa), Trench cuts (horikiri), Vertical moats (tatebori)Wikipedia (ja)
- Designation
- National Historic SiteWikidata
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